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"For richer, for poorer": savings preferences and choice of spouse

Arrondel, Luc; Frémeaux, Nicolas - HAL - 2013

characteristics. These conclusions are decisive in explaining wealth inequalities between households, since homogamy causes a divide …

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Individual preferences and the distribution of wealth

Arrondel, Luc; Masson, André - HAL - 2005

For a sub-sample of French households of an Insee wealth survey, we obtain new and relative measures of 5 individual preference parameters : the risk "attitude" (aversion, prudence...), the rate of time depreciation over the life-cycle, the degree of short-term impatience, and the degrees of...

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Finance and the rise in inequalities in France

Godechot, Olivier - HAL - 2011

Based on the DADS, a very detailed French database on wages, we show that wage inequalities started to increase in … of the rise in inequalities at the top end of wage distribution. We discuss the role of the size of financial activity in …

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The Lion's Share. What's behind China's economic slowdown

Fabre, Guilhem - HAL - 2013

Following the global crisis, the stimulus package of 2009-2010, with its huge expansion of credit, marked the end of " Cheap China ", with the underpricing of labor, capital, land, energy and currency, and disproportionally shifted growth in favor of the public sector and real estate, the lion's...

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The Contribution of Housing to the Dynamics of Inequalities

Sidibé, Modibo - HAL - 2012

This paper proposes a unified framework for the analysis of inequalities. In contrast to the former literature on … inequalities, housing is included as a major determinant of individual saving behavior. Disparities across locations affect … decreasing the level of inequalities at the individual and location level are provided. …

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What became of labour market segmentation in France : its changing design

Michon, François - HAL - 2007

-fashioned reference that is now obscured by more general analyses either of social inequalities or of historical dynamics of productive …

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Los estudios latinoamericanistas en Finlandia

Vuola, Elina - HAL - 2010

current situation and perspectives of Latin American Studies in Finland. …

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Forecasting the skills needs and developing the coordination between actors : statements and comments

Méhaut, Philippe - HAL - 2006

Finland and France share some common characteristics regarding the labour market situation and trends : a high level of …

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Effort and comparison income: Survey and experimental evidence

Clark, Andrew E.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2006

This paper combines ISSP survey data and experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game to determine the effect of status or relative income on work effort. We find a strong effect of others' incomes on individual effort decisions in both datasets. The individual's rank in the income...

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A theory of dynamics and inequalities under epidemics

Boucekkine, Raouf; Laffargue, Jean-Pierre - HAL - 2008

We develop a tractable general theory for the study of the economic and demographic impact of epidemics. In particular, we analytically characterise the short and medium term consequences of epidemics for population size, age pyramid, economic performance and income distribution. To this end, we...

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